Has the entire cast of a show ever ignored you at the stage door.

House of Blue Leaves absolutely no one came out , twice.

thisismyshow, there is another entrance and exit to that theatre that they used. Its on the other street near to where Chicago is playing. When I staged doored it it was all set up to appear that they would be exiting from the main stage entrance. When I saw the driver move his car, I went around the block. Within seconds, Ben Stiller came out. He took pictures and signed. Of course there was only two of us there. Jennifer Jason Leigh did not sign or take pictures, but was still very pleasnt. Allison Pill appeared to be listenening to her music and did not want to be bothered. Either we just missed Edie Falco or she stayed in longer than we wanted to wait. This info is obviously useless now but maybe for a future show.

So many people just walked right by me when I saw Billy Elliot. The ones who did stick around were Jacob Clemente, Lilla Crawford and Greg Jbara.

And then there was Sister Act where a ton of people came out and I got pictures with a bunch of them. and then the next thing I knew, we were waiting for Patina. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And did I mention we were waiting? So I left.

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Oh, I saw Jayne Houdyshell smoking after the show and looks like she has joined Rosalind Elias's turban circle.

Elias was also sporting her lovely white turban.


That is good to hear that Jacob signed things. I worked with him about 4 years ago in a Regional youth production of The Music Man, he was Winthrop.

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Ensemble members usually don't stop unless they are called over. Most have told me that they love to get recognized too and will gladly stop to sign.

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The ensemble usually doesn't stop simply because most people don't remember the ensemble. I usually will try and say "good job" at least, but people are usually waiting for the leads to come out.

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I do not know if that is entirely true because I saw Anything Goes that night and they all signed.

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I stagedoored Follies with the full expectation that most of the cast wouldn't sign because it was after a matinee. We were told by the guard that Bernadette, Ron, Danny and Elaine wouldn't be coming out, but Ron did for some reason. Anyway, I was surprised that the young counterparts of the four leads didn't think they were important enough to stop. They had to be called over, and then they gladly signed, but they have big roles and people knew who they were!

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Jordan I think that is an important thing to do.

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And being resourceful.


On a side note, my friend who I was with asked what kind of things they were selling and she saw the cups. Thought they were cool but she did not give in. I chuckled to myself.

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I'm surprised none of the BWW royalty have lectured anyone about how it's not required for them to come out and sign and take pictures. There's usually always one of them. lol It's of course true and understandable when they don't. It's just really cool when they do. :)

I've stage doored a lot, but it's never been just to get autographs and pictures - I really like to meet some of the people and tell them I appreciate their work. Because, I'm sappy like that.

I will say though, Nathan Lane is my idol, I love the man to death and he's the reason I decided to become an actor at 10. I saw him in THE ODD COUPLE (very close to the end of it's run) and BUTLEY (also close to the end of it's run). He didn't come out either time, and I hear that he doesn't come out and sign often. It seems to me, though, he doesn't come out and sign if the reviews are mixed to negative. Did he ever come out after THE ADDAMS FAMILY? He's also a very shy guy, so it's understandable.

My best stage door experience was after FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Rosie O'Donnell stayed and talked to me for the longest time after everyone had left. It wasn't until they turned the lights out at the Minskoff that she decided to go. Such a sweet woman. Harvey was also very kind. Wouldn't take pictures, but he made an exception for me, because I took my mom, and being a mom, she said in her sweet southern voice "Cain mah son get a pichure witchoo? He used ta wawch you as the Eashter Bunny on ELMO all the time!" He laughed and said sure.

That was a good example of people only waiting for the stars, though. The whole chorus just walked out and walked on. I stopped the Fiddler, but didn't know who was who when they came out, since they're all bundled up on stage. I didn't even recognize Nancy Opel, so I missed her.

What I love about stage dooring, and this may sound pathetic, is not interacting with the actors as such but watching and listening to the kind of antics that happen there.

For example, at the end of the next to normal tour listening while people are excited and waiting to meet Ripley but knowing she won't come out because she needed to rest her voice. Or people proudly saying how 'far' they've come to see the show (when I've never encountered someone who has travelled further than me).

People walking past wondering what is going on.

Watching people shove cameras and playbill's in BP's face as she gets into her car after the first preview of FOLLIES.

Also, it's interesting to see how actors approach signing things. Asa Somers would walk out with a pen in his hand ready and doesn't put it down until he has signed every willing participant he can find, while Emma Hunton more modestly doesn't carry a pen and doesn't walk out like a 'star', instead she slips out and mingles behaving wherever the crowd takes her.

Awkward hugging, awkward arms over shoulders for photos, awkward conversations, awkward compliments.

Indeed, I have tried talking to an actor at a stage door before and it didn't go well ("I love you..awkward silence") - I will just pay attention to what others are doing, I think!

We need a new thread like "Comments overhead in audiences etc.." but one for stage doors, I think.

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